The Yreka Miners varsity softball team got back to over .500 for the year with two wins versus Trinity at home on Tuesday.

The Lady Miners took down the Wolves 5-3 in game one and 14-11 in a game two slugfest. Yreka is now 6-5-2 overall.

Head coach Ken Dysert commended his team for earning the two wins.

"I think they were good wins for us to work on stuff we need to improve on," he said. With such a young team with five underclassman, including two freshman starters and only two seniors, Dysert said that game experience like this invaluable as the squad looks to be competitive in the tough Northern Athletic League this season.

"We're young," Dysert said. "We're still learning."

While the team is still a work in progress, Dysert said he likes the potential of this year's squad.

In game one the Wolves had a 1-0 advantage before Yreka scored three runs in the third as the Miners held on for the two-run victory.

In game two, the Miners came out on fire and scored eight runs in the first inning and five in the second. By the end of the third Yreka had a seemingly comportable 13-3 advantage. In the fourth inning the Wolves went off for seven runs to make things a bit closer at 13-10. Yreka hung on and came away with the 14-11 victory.

In game two, Taylor Brown had an outstanding contest and went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI's and three runs. Chantell Fraser went 1-for-2 with two RBI's and a double. Tanya Wilson had a double and a run for the Miners. Megan Hassel had three runs and an RBI for Yreka. MacKenzie Pelllizzer earned the win for Yreka.

In game one, Brown went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Fraser went 1-for-3 with a double. Kendall Moser earned the game one win for Yreka and had four strikeouts. Wilson earned the save for the Miners in both games.

Last Friday and Saturday Yreka went 0-3-1 against tough competition at the Anderson Large Schools Tournament in Redding. Dysert said that his squad was competitive in all but one game and liked how they played against great competition like Shasta and Foothill. The Lady Miners tied Henley, which earned a state title in its division last season in Oregon, 6-6. Yreka also faced two pitchers who are heading to play softball at Divsion 1 schools, Dyset said.

Yreka has more than a week off before they host the two-day Yreka Miners Classic next Friday and Saturday. The Miners are in pool A, which also includes Trinity, North Valley and Tulelake. Pool B features two Siskiyou County teams in Etna and Mount Shasta. Also taking part are Hoopa and Del Norte. The games are set to be held at Yreka High School.